لما صفت مرآة حسنك للورى

ورأى بذاتك من يراك خياله

When the mirror portrayed your beauty to creation,

And he who sees you found in you his imagination,

أبصرت أهدابي بوجهك عارضاً

وحسبت إنساني بخدك خاله

My eyelashes saw your face eclipsing,

And my being fancied your cheek its home.